Geology & the lithosphere
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Geology & the lithosphere
Paperback. How do high mountain ranges form on the face of the Earth? This question has intrigued some of the greatest philosophers and scientists, going back as far as the ancient Greeks. This book tells the story of one scientist, and his quest for the key to this geological mystery. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 halftones. 38 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; PDZ; RBGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126203
- ISBN
- 9780691126203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.12
€ 38.99
€ 28.12
Hardback. Deeply researched, this book will interest historians of nineteenth-century American arts and science, politics, and technological development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCZ; PDX; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411040
- ISBN
- 9781421411040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.61€ 50.59
€ 54.61
€ 50.59
Hardcover. Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world s largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail jewellery sector. Series: Resources. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAT; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672304
- ISBN
- 9780745672304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.45
€ 58.45
Paperback. Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world s largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail jewellery sector. Series: Polity Resources Series. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: KNAT; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672311
- ISBN
- 9780745672311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.12
€ 19.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 55 halftones, 38 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; RBC; RBG; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151382
- ISBN
- 9780231151382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.75
€ 29.99
€ 21.75
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Ehret, Irene Guidici. Num Pages: 216 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: RBGG; YNN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780811727204
- ISBN
- 9780811727204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.10
€ 18.99
€ 16.10
hardcover. Provides a comprehensive overview of dryland climates and their relationship to the physical environment, vegetation, hydrology, and inhabitants. Num Pages: 528 pages, 728 b/w illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: RBGD; RBP; RGBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521516495
- ISBN
- 9780521516495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.03
€ 85.03
Hardback. The elucidation of the mechanisms and kinematics of shear zone deformation, at both local and regional scales, is the subject of a great deal of interest to scientists in the hydrocarbon industry, in seismology, and in structural geology more generally. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1194.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118844960
- ISBN
- 9781118844960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.30
€ 164.30
Paperback. Dunes is the first book in over a decade to incorporate the latest research in this active and fast-developing field. It discusses the shapes, sizes, patterns, distribution, history and care of wind-blown dunes, and covers all aspects of dunes, terrestrial and in the Solar System. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBGD; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444339680
- ISBN
- 9781444339680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.87
€ 33.87
Hardback. Dunes is the first book in over a decade to incorporate the latest research in this active and fast-developing field. It discusses the shapes, sizes, patterns, distribution, history and care of wind-blown dunes, and covers all aspects of dunes, terrestrial and in the Solar System. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBGD; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444339697
- ISBN
- 9781444339697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.71
€ 76.71
"This work is a co-publication between the American Geophysical Union and John Wiley & Sons, Inc." Editor(s): Badro, James; Walter, Michael J. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 288 x 18. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118860571
- ISBN
- 9781118860571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.04
€ 162.04
paperback. Designed specifically for one-semester courses, this beautifully illustrated textbook explains the key concepts in mineralogy and petrology. Num Pages: 616 pages, 1076 colour illus. 30 tables 360 exercises. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 307 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1740.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316608852
- ISBN
- 9781316608852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.29
€ 59.29
Paperback. Earth Resources and Environmental Impacts uses everyday examples and current issues to help readers understand how mineral, water and energy resources - and the impacts of their use and extraction - affect their daily lives. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: RBGL; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470564912
- ISBN
- 9780470564912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.99
€ 151.99
Paperback. Balanced, broad-based, and up to date, this comprehensive text explores the nature and critical issues of earth resources and the impacts that resource usage has on the earth environment. The authors offer full coverage of all major types of earth resources-energy, metallic, nonmetallic, water, soil. A minimal scientific background is assumed. Num Pages: 548 pages. BIC Classification: RBG; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 282 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292040998
- ISBN
- 9781292040998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.13
€ 100.13
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second International Student Edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393117806
- ISBN
- 9780393117806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.19€ 60.20
€ 61.19
€ 60.20
Paperback. * The pioneering textbook on the "new sedimentology". * One of the first textbooks to adopt the Earth Systems approach to geology, developed at Penn State and Stanford. * Should reinvigorate more traditional courses in physical sedimentology and dynamical sedimentology. Num Pages: 416 pages, 160 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 191 x 26. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632035076
- ISBN
- 9780632035076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.97
€ 125.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292021638
- ISBN
- 9781292021638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.88
€ 101.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): Van Der Hilst, Robert D; Bass, Jay D (Department of Geology, University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign); Matas, Jan; Trampert, Jeannot. Num Pages: 341 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 440 x 278 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875904252
- ISBN
- 9780875904252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.17
€ 100.17
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the processes and products of change to the Earth's surface. This work explains how the planet is being constantly remodelled by powerful natural forces and guides us through geological time and space to recreate past landscapes. It also features information about the human impact on climate change. Num Pages: 112 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 193 x 7. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The Natural History Museum United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780565092368
- ISBN
- 9780565092368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.21
€ 18.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 247 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1806.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 12th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292161839
- ISBN
- 9781292161839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.81
€ 80.81